How much is - - - -
 

A tad ?

A bit ?

A scant ___ ?
A generous____ ?

A nip ?

A nip and a tuck ?

A pinch ?

A dab ?

A dollop ?


Please add your "precise" measurements to this list - - - -

(I do have more - - - - )

These probably make as much sense as a lot of other things we do. Not many of us have the equipment to measure "exactly" - and "close enough" is what we have learned to live with.

Those engineering types that measure things in terms of "One inch plus or minus 1/1000 inch" taught me that "exact" is difficult to achieve.

They're all equal to a scosh, except for a generous, which is equal to a scosh more.

all are less than a stones throw away! which is more.

Nosh. Could be more than a scosh.

Six one way, hallf a dozen the other...

what about a smidge, is that more or less than a pinch.

I once got my son (in culinary school at that time) measuring spoons of a bit, smidge, tad ect. gave one to his chef too. I though they were cute.

Lets talk 'tanch'---not figured that one out yet --maybe a bit more than a pinch !

More than a "titch"

My contribution is smidgin.

A gob or a wee drop?

Oh I see so many already that my family uses, but I do not see:

A drop, which can be as small as a droplet of blood on a quilt, or the drop of wine that filled a 9 oz glass before I pricked my finger.

A bit further, can be another block away or a 1/2 day's drive, depending on perspective.

Oh, once I start to think about it, I can remember more, words that I use without thinking.

How big is a knob of butter?

A lump of coal is not the same size as a lump of sugar.

those nips and tucks can run $thousands of dollars

I found an old, old bottle of cough syrup, and it said it had a "minum" of codeine it. Never found out how much that was!

I think "scant quarter inch" belongs on this list...just as mysterious to measure as some of these!

Here's one that my dear aunt used lots... there's "just a little nose hole" left. I never questioned it when I was growing up, but later I realized how gross it really sounds!

First time I have heard that one!

Two hoots and a holler away
Season to taste

Sound cute - where did you find them?

My best friend's mother was teaching me to make her fruit kuchen - her measurement was, "You add......whatever.... until it looks like this." We did this before we had video machines and cel phones.

Two very common South African ones:

I'm going 'just now' - which means anything from 15 minutes to an hour, and

I'm going 'now now' - which means any time from 5 minutes to around 20 minutes but not immediately

Dunster,

I was going to add that measurement, but was not sure of the spelling. I can't remember if a smidge was included, so I will add it.

Jus a "hair more" - I have always thought it strange when making candy or some icing, that you need the cooking syrup to spin a thread or form a ball in cold water. Just a bit or just a tad more, a split second or a mite more. Different cultures and different areas have different sayings for things, time and amounts.

How about "it's over yonder?" Yonder is very subjective and could mean in the next room or the next state, etc. My grandmother always said when we asked how much farther that it was just a hop skip and a jump away.
Fixing to leave soon - my father's phrase meant between 5 minutes and an hour we'd be leaving.

I couldn't agree more....LOL!!!!

At our house we laugh and say "dreckly" or directly. 2 different times to leave.ha

Love this! I would love to find the measurements for these.

The measurement that always made me smile when I lived in Texas was "Q- How far is it? A-About three hours." They measure distance by how long it takes to get there!

No one mentioned "a handful". That's how mom taught me to bake, measuring sugar, flour, etc. My handful was a lot smaller than her handful. And a handful was much larger than a "palmful".

am leaving "pretty soon"-could mean 5 minutes, or an hour- ?

be "right there"-

"almost done"-

add a little skootch- just a bit more, a pinch or a dash, etc.

I also have some of those little measuring spoons of "dash, pinch, etc. I think I can still find them too~ :)

"it's a good mile", was further than a regular mile
or a good hour, meant more than 60 minutes but less than a hour and 15 minutes.

I got those measuring spoons at Michaels about 8 yrs ago. still have a set someplace.
it would take me a good hour to search them out.

As a teacher I used to say these sayings were why it was so hard to teach children the concept of time. In a minute, in a moment, just a second, in a little while, give me a minute is the same as give me a second...it's no wonder they didn't get it. I used to tell them things were "one Spongebob" long. Days were marked by how many "sleeps". It's four "sleeps" to vacation.

A scant quarter inch means not an exact quarter inch but "purt near"!

And don't forget a speck and a dash!

I give all of my quilts " a lick and a promise" of perfection. I am OK with that.

Smidgen
chin cough ( after sitting on a cold surface)

...give or take... (I guess this means approximate?)

A nip...what some folks "start" the weekend fun with!

You are too funny. LOL